Could you give us a more detailed answer? What OS, PHP version (CGI or mod_php), database engine, hardware (processor speed, RAM) do you use? Did you check debug output? What are your timings? Did you chceck permissions to var directory?

For example, I have next confiruration:http://www.smji.ee/qwer/inf.php
(php is not version 4.3.2, where hard to find working versions to compile on freebsd with php with bg)
Main page is opening tooooo slowly..
I can see, that httpd takes 60%-90% of processor and increasing swap size up to 120mb !!.
On last step (real creating database and other configuration) I have timeout after 600sek.
Server configuration:Cyrix 233mhz, 48mb, 170mb swap disk.

Installed eZ 3.4.4 version.What other information I can give to help to developers?

Required hardware
There are no built-in requirements. The hardware needed to run an eZ publish site
depends on several factors, such as the average number of users, the size of the
templates (including graphics), and how caching is used.
(See the performance notes below.)
The installation requires about 50 MB on your harddisc.
We do recommend some minimum values; at least 500 MHz CPU and 250 MB of RAM.